Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace
Memory tip (Put it in its place): Steps: choose a place you know → fix stops in order → put pictures at stops → walk the route to recall. Always walk the stops in the same order — that is what keeps your list in order. More items than stops? Add stops. A new list? Put new pictures on the same stops.
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- 1.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a frog by the slide, a fan by the bench, a nest by the swing, an umpire by the park gate, an ant by the fruit cart. Where did you place the umpire? (a) swing (b) fruit cart (c) park gate (d) slide
- 2.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
- 3.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 4.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a lemon by the teacher’s desk, a doll by the classroom door, a banana by the blackboard, a monkey by the library, a jeep by the stairs. Where did you place the jeep? (a) stairs (b) teacher’s desk (c) blackboard (d) classroom door
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a doll by the classroom door, a radio by the blackboard, a bucket by the teacher’s desk, an inkpot by the notice board, a shoe by the stairs. Where did you place the doll? (a) blackboard (b) stairs (c) teacher’s desk (d) classroom door
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a spoon by the blackboard, a cat by the teacher’s desk, a glass by the classroom door, a pillow by the playground, a tiger by the library. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) spoon (b) cat (c) tiger (d) glass
- 8.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) use no route (c) put all at one stop (d) add more stops
- 9.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you never saw (c) a random new city (d) one you know very well
- 10.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or choose a place you know? (a) fix stops in order (b) choose a place you know
- 11.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a kite by the park gate, an umpire by the swing, a jug by the fruit cart, a shoe by the banyan tree, a ball by the post box. Where did you place the umpire? (a) swing (b) fruit cart (c) park gate (d) post box
- 13.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) it looks nice (c) to make it longer (d) no reason
- 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a banana by the bench, a lamp by the park gate, a jug by the slide, a watch by the swing, a whistle by the fruit cart. Where did you place the lamp? (a) fruit cart (b) swing (c) slide (d) park gate
- 16.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a coconut by the swing, an urn by the bench, a frog by the park gate, a net by the fruit cart, a tomato by the slide. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) frog (b) tomato (c) coconut (d) net
- 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a flute by the slide, a guava by the banyan tree, a jalebi by the fruit cart, a frog by the swing, a bucket by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) guava (b) flute (c) jalebi (d) bucket
- 19.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a spoon by the dining table, an apple by the TV, a shoe by the sofa, a coconut by the door, a wallet by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) wallet (b) coconut (c) spoon (d) shoe
- 21.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
- 22.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
- 23.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a parrot by the banyan tree, a jeep by the bus stop, a tiger by the park gate, a rose by the fruit cart, a banana by the post box. What did you place by the post box? (a) jeep (b) banana (c) rose (d) parrot
- 25.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the rhyme method
- 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a ladder by the library, a kite by the blackboard, a bucket by the playground, a net by the classroom door, an umbrella by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the ladder? (a) library (b) teacher’s desk (c) playground (d) classroom door
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a radio by the fruit cart, a rose by the post box, a jug by the banyan tree, a jeep by the park gate, a ladder by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) ladder (b) radio (c) rose (d) jug
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an owl by the shoe rack, a net by the sofa, an urn by the kitchen, a frog by the TV, a shoe by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) owl (b) net (c) urn (d) shoe
- 29.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) yes, with new pictures (b) only once a year (c) no, never (d) only for numbers
- 30.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a van by the blackboard, a lemon by the classroom door, a mango by the stairs, a wallet by the notice board, a pencil by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) mango (b) wallet (c) van (d) lemon
- 32.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or walk the route to recall? (a) choose a place you know (b) walk the route to recall
- 33.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a goat by the swing, a monkey by the banyan tree, a cat by the fruit cart, a rose by the slide, a tiger by the park gate. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) rose (b) goat (c) cat (d) monkey
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a pencil by the sofa, a frog by the kitchen, a fan by the shoe rack, an urn by the TV, a net by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) urn (b) fan (c) frog (d) net
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a guava by the sofa, a frog by the door, a shoe by the gate, an urn by the shoe rack, an umpire by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) shoe (b) umpire (c) guava (d) frog
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a ladder by the bus stop, a van by the post box, a pencil by the fruit cart, a monkey by the banyan tree, a whistle by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) ladder (b) pencil (c) van (d) whistle
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a tent by the swing, a guava by the fruit cart, an apple by the banyan tree, a mango by the park gate, a tiger by the slide. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) apple (b) tiger (c) mango (d) guava
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a kettle by the classroom door, an igloo by the school gate, an owl by the stairs, a frog by the teacher’s desk, a cat by the notice board. Where did you place the igloo? (a) classroom door (b) stairs (c) notice board (d) school gate
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a drum by the banyan tree, an igloo by the fruit cart, an ant by the post box, a goat by the park gate, a kite by the bus stop. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) drum (b) ant (c) kite (d) igloo
Answer key
- park gate
- choose a place you know
- fix stops in order
- step 3
- stairs
- classroom door
- glass
- add more stops
- one you know very well
- choose a place you know
- step 1
- swing
- to keep the order
- step 2
- park gate
- step 4
- coconut
- flute
- fix stops in order
- coconut
- fix stops in order
- choose a place you know
- fix stops in order
- banana
- the method of loci
- library
- radio
- owl
- yes, with new pictures
- choose a place you know
- lemon
- choose a place you know
- put pictures at stops
- monkey
- fan
- frog
- ladder
- mango
- school gate
- igloo
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